Not surprisingly, vestiges of the Furs' sound shows up in the vast majority, ranging from the Foo Fighters to Morrissey to 30 Seconds to Mars to Akron's own Black Keys.

But the really interesting part is hearing the ghosts of their own predecessors in the Furs' own music. In a May 2013 interview with Tucson Weekly, Tim Butler noted that his father used to bring home albums from Dylan, Edith Piaf and even Hank Williams.

Those influences – and more, like the Doors and David Bowie – are clear. The song that's arguably the band's biggest hit, "Pretty in Pink,'' which inspired the John Hughes movie, seems a bit like a mix of Chad & Jeremy and Peter & Gordon, with a Ray Davies and the Kinks edge.

So the reality is that ALL music is derivative. That's not really a bad thing, to be honest. You can't get to Z if you don't start with A, with a stopover in L-M-N-0-P along the way.

And fortunately, with the Psychedelic Furs, a close listen will expose the entire alphabet.